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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Feng <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong> School <strong>of</strong> International Studies (SIS) has participated in the project <strong>of</strong><br />

"International and Regional Security." In June 2007, he held a seminar on the<br />

security issues <strong>of</strong> the Korean Peninsula.<br />

In the respect <strong>of</strong> environmental sustainability, members <strong>of</strong> IARU participated in the<br />

project <strong>of</strong> "Sustainable Campus" in 2006. This project aims at encouraging IARU<br />

universities to make distinguished contributions to energy saving and emission<br />

reduction by reducing energy consumption <strong>of</strong> buildings and automobile exhaust<br />

emissions.<br />

In April 2009, <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> published "Principal Declaration <strong>of</strong> Sustainable<br />

Campus," which promises that carbon emissions will be declined by 15% per floor<br />

area below 2005 levels by 2010. On April 14, "Academic Frontiers on Climate<br />

Change Seminar" was held at <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>. In the seminar, participants from<br />

different departments discussed the issue <strong>of</strong> developing relevant subjects and<br />

researches in the field <strong>of</strong> climate change.<br />

Besides, <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> was a participant in the Climate Change Congress held in<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> Copenhagen, Denmark in March 2009. At the Congress,<br />

representatives from <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, mainly pr<strong>of</strong>essors and students from the<br />

College <strong>of</strong> Urban and Environmental Sciences, presented their research findings in<br />

the changes <strong>of</strong> carbon circulation and carbon emission in Pearl River Delta and Inner<br />

Mongolia after grassland fencing.<br />

Edited By : Seren<br />

Translated By : Chen Wei<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese)<br />

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